Women and Gender in Latin America:
Anthropology/Economics/Sociology

Part 3: The Caribbean


A Bibliography compiled by Molly Ryan and edited by Rafael Dávila-Franco
May, 1997

**indicates double or multiple entries in the bibilography

A

 A study of low-income women in Barbados. Christ Church, Barbados: Women in Development Inc., 1980.

Baerga Santini, Maria del Carmen 1987. "La articulacion del trabajo asalariado y no asalariado: hacia una reevaluacion de la contribucion femenina a la sociedad puertorriquena; el caso de la industria de la aguja." La mujer en Puerto Rico: ensayos de investigacion. Edicion de Yamila Azize Vargas. Rio Piedras, Puerto Rico: Ediciones Huracan, p. 89-111.

B

 Barcelo Miller, Maria F. de 1987. "De la polilla a la virtud: vision sobre la mujer de la Iglesia jerarquica de Puerto Rico." La mujer en Puerto Rico: ensayos de investigacion. Edicion de Yamila Azize Vargas. Rio Piedras, Puerto Rico: Ediciones Huracan, p. 49-88.

Barrow, Christine 1988. "Anthropology, the family and women in the Caribbean." Gender in Caribbean development: papers presented at the inaugural seminar of the University of the West Indies, Women and Development Studies Project. Edited by Patricia Mohammed and Catherine Shepherd. Mona, Jamaica: Univ. of the West Indies, Women and Development Studies Project,, p. 156-169.

Bolles, A. Lynn 1988. "Theories of women in development in the Caribbean: the ongoing debate." Gender in Caribbean development: papers presented at the inaugural seminar of the University of the West Indies, Women and Development Studies Project. Edited by Patricia Mohammed and Catherine Shepherd. Mona, Jamaica: Univ. of the West Indies, Women and Development Studies Project, p. 21-34.

C

 Cole, Johnnetta B.; Reed, Gail A. 1986. "Women in Cuba: old problems and new ideas." Urban Anthropology, 15:3/4, Fall/Winter, p. 321-353.

D

 The decade for women in Latin America and the Caribbean: background and prospects. Santiago: Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean, 1988.

Deere, Carmen Diana 1990 . In the shadows of the sun : Caribbean development alternatives and U.S. policy. Coordinator; Peggy Antrobus, et al. Boulder : Westview Press.

de Gerard, Pierre-Charles, Coordinacion 1987. Los movimientos sociales en el Caribe. Santo Domingo: Editora Universitaria. **

Duarte, Isis 1989. Poblacion y condicion de la mujer en Republica Dominicana. Santo Domingo: Instituto de Estudios de Poblacion y Desarrollo.

E

 Ellis, Pat, ed 1986. Women of the Caribbean. Atlantic Highlands, N.J.: Zed Books.

Emmer, Pieter C. 1987. "The position of Indian women in Suriname: a rejoinder." Boletin de Estudios Latinoamericanos y del Caribe, 43, dic., p. 115-120.

Encuesta Nacional de Mujeres Rurales, Santo Domingo, 1984-1985. Indicadores obre mujer y familia rurales en Republica Dominicana. Recopilacion de Milagros Dottin. Santo Domingo: Centro de Investigacion para la Accion Femenina, 1987.

F

 Farmer, Paul 1988. "Bad blood, spoiled milk: bodily fluids as moral barometers in Haiti." American Ethnologist, 15:1, Feb., p. 62-83.

Finlay, Barbara 1989. The women of Azua: work and family in the rural Dominican Republic. New York: Praeger.

G

 Georges, Eugenia 1992. Gender, class, and migration in the Dominican Republic. Towards a transnational perspective on migration: race, class, ethnicity, and nationalism reconsidered. New York: New York Academy of Sciences, p. 81-99.

Gordon, Derek 1989. "Women, work and social mobility in post-war Jamaica." Women and the sexual division of labour in the Caribbean. Kingston: Consortium Graduate School of Social Sciences, p. 67-80.

Gregory, James R. 1987. "Men, women and modernization in a Mayan community." Belizean Studies, 15:3, p. 3-32.

H

 Harrison, Faye V. 1988. Women in Jamaica's urban informal economy: insights from a Kingston slum. Nieuwe West-Indische Gids, 62:3/4, p. 103-128.

Hoefte, Rosemarijn 1987. "Female indentured labor in Suriname: for better or for worse?" Boletin de Estudios Latinoamericanos y del Caribe, 42, junio, p. 55-70. **

______________ 1987. "The position of female British Indian and Javanese contract laborers in Suriname: a last word." Boletin de Estudios Latinoamericanos y del Caribe, 43, dic., p. 121-123. **

J

 Jansen, Senaida 1991. Genero, trabajo y etnia en los bateyes dominicanos. Santo Domingo: Instituto Tecnologico de Santo Domingo, Programa Estudios de la Mujer, 1991. **

L

 LeFranc, Elsie 1988. "Petty trading and labour mobility: higglers in the Kingston metropolitan area." in Women and the sexual division of labour in the Caribbean. Kingston: Consortium Graduate School of Social Sciences, p. 99-132.

M

Magana, Edmundo 1988. "Las mujeres de Luna: cultivo de la manioca, consanguinidad y elaboracion culinaria entre los Kalina de Surinam." Anthropologica, 6:6, p. 365-382.

Midlife and older women in Latin America and the Caribbean. Washington: American Association of Retired Persons; Pan American Health Organization, 1989.**

Miller, Errol 1988. "The rise of matriarchy in the Caribbean." Caribbean Quarterly, 34:3/4, Sept./Dec., p. 1-21.

Mohammed, Patricia 1988. "The Caribbean family revisited." in Gender in Caribbean development: papers presented at the inaugural seminar of the University of the West Indies, Women and Development Studies Project. Edited by Patricia Mohammed and Catherine Shepherd. Mona, Jamaica: Univ. of the West Indies, Women and Development Studies Project, p. 170-182.

Movimiento feminista en America Latina y el Caribe: balance y perspectivas. Santiago: Ediciones Isis Internacional de las Mujeres, 1986.**

Mujer rural, hoy y manana. Santo Domingo: Mujeres en Desarrollo Dominicana, 1985. 282 p. : ill. ; 21 cm. **

N

 Neptune Anglade, Mireille 1986. L'autre moitie du developpement: a propos du travail des femmes en Haiti. Petion-Ville, Haiti: Editions des Alizes; Paris: Diffusion Karthala. **

P

 Perez, Magaly 1985. Estadisticas sobre la mujer cubana = Statistics on Cuban women = Statistiques sur les femmes cubaines. Edicion de Miriam Martinez. La Habana: Editorial Letras Cubanas.

Pessar, Patricia R. 1987 "The linkage between household and workplace of Dominican women in the U.S." Caribbean life in New York City: sociocultural dimensions. Edited by Constance R. Sutton and Elsa M. Chaney. Staten Island, N.Y.: Center for Migration Studies, p. 255-277.

Pessar, Patricia R. 1987 "The Dominicans: women in the household and the garment industry." New immigrants in New York. Edited by Nancy Foner. New York: Columbia Univ. Press, p. 103-129.

Planning for women in rural development: a source book for the Caribbean. Cave Hill, Barbados: Angela Zephirin, for the Women and Development Unit (WAND), Univ. of the West Indies; Population Council of New York; 1985. **

R

 Republica Dominicana: encuesta nacional de prevalencia del uso de anticonceptivos; mujeres; informe de resultados. Santo Domingo: Consejo Nacional de Poblacion y Familia; Columbia, Md.: Westinghouse Health Systems, 1984.

Riviere, Peter 1984. "Aspects of Carib political economy." (??) 59/62, 1983/1984, p. 349-358.

S

 Sargent, Carolyn; Harris, Michael 1992. "Gender ideology, childrearing, and child health in Jamaica." American Ethnologist, 19:3, Aug., p. 523-537.

Singer, Merrill. Culture 1988. :"Critical theory, and reproductive illness behavior in Haiti." Medical Anthropology Quarterly, 2:4, Dec., p. 370-385.

T

 Tirado Aviles, Amilcar 1989/90. "Notas sobre el desarrollo de la industria del tabaco en Puerto Rico y su impacto en la mujer puertorriquena, 1898-1920." Centro de Estudios Puertorriquenos Bulletin, 2:7, Winter, p. 18-29. **

V

 Valle Ferrer, Norma. Luisa Capetillo: historia de una mujer proscrita. Rio Piedras, P.R.: Editorial Cultural, 1990.**

W

 White, Karen 1986. Integrating women into development programs: a guide for implementation for Latin America and the Caribbean. Washington: International Center for Research on Women.

Women and the sexual division of labour in the Caribbean. Edited by Keith Hart. Kingston: Consortium Graduate School of Social Sciences, 1989.**

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